To ensure road safety, total sensor visibility is crucial. Sensor visibility is required to ensure operability for the system, to ensure sensors work in alignment and to generate data that can be trusted. Harsh environmental conditions are affecting vision sensor functionality. Obstructions refer to dust, rain, snow, fog, mud, ice and more. 

The effects of harsh weather conditions on LiDAR remain a key challenge on the road to fully autonomous driving. In freezing temperatures, LiDAR sensors can be covered with ice, fog, and snow, risking reliable detection of objects and distances. Integrating a fixed film heater into the Roof Sensor Module (RSM) enhances the reliability of LiDAR in harsh weather, making autonomous driving safer.

ntralogistics processes range from supplying production lines to managing warehouse and storage processes. Limited visibility into inventory levels and locations can make it challenging to optimize space utilization. The challenge regarding space utilization is the maximization of using vertical space, by implementing narrow aisle storage and using automated storage. Furthermore, in these situations, an efficient material flow also needs to be implemented.